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Unselfish Christianity

Submitted by Brother Marko
on Wed, 08/20/2014 - 09:26

“Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. And whoever does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me. Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.” (Mat 10:37-39, ESV2011).
This might sound rather difficult to accept but, this is exactly what Christ demands from His followers: unselfish love, unselfish commitment. If you cannot value Christ more than your own life, if you cannot love Him more than all your family, friends and everything else, you are not worthy of Him. That means you shall not even call yourselves Christian if your life is not totally and unconditionally committed to Christ. In the post-modern Western culture, there is the great movement of making Christianity as cheap and as easy as possible. That is called consumer friendly or politically correct Christianity. Sadly, by many popular preachers and authors Christianity is portrayed as a mere lip service to God or as a self-help gimmick. However, this Western way of understanding and promoting Christianity is neither biblical nor in line with Christ's calling.
True and truly biblical Christianity starts and ends with a radical commitment and undiluted love for Christ.
Jesus please forgive me for my selfish Christianity and half hearted commitment to you. Jesus, today, I decide to love you more than all and commit myself to you totally and unconditionally. Amen.